Comment by universa1

8 hours ago

and then it's roughly just a rectangle of 100 by 100 containers, still big, but maybe not sooo big :-)

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blahgeek  8 hours ago

or a cube of 20x20x20 containers, seems small enough. (funny how we interpret numbers and sizes

  • myself248  8 hours ago

    I've always wondered why they don't stack them in deployment -- the containers are obviously fine with it! -- but I guess land is cheap enough not to bother.

    Horizontally they need plenty of room for airflow, as each container has some HVAC-or-whatever module on the side. But vertically...

    • jcattle  8 hours ago

      I always thought they were spread apart so much to further reduce the chance of catastrophic spread of fire from one container to another.

      That would be a lot harder if you stack them since heat likes to rise.

      But no clue if that is the actual reason.

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